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<p class="header"><a href="intro.htm">Orbiter</a> &gt; <a href="launchpad.htm">Launchpad</a> &gt; <a href="tab_extra.htm">Extra</a> &gt; Atmosphere configuration</p>

<h1>Atmosphere configuration</h1>
<p>This dialog box allows the selection of different atmosphere models for some celestial bodies.</p>
<p>Currently supported for Earth are the Jaccia71-Gill model and the NRLMSIS-00 model. For details see the Orbiter Technical Notes: Earth Atmosphere Model (Doc\Technotes\earth_atm.pdf).</p>
<p>In addition, the legacy model from Orbiter 2006 is supported for backward compatibility. However, this model is less accurate above altitudes of 100km, and doesn't support altitudes greater than 200km.</p>
<p>Atmospheric effects can be disabled by selecting "[None]".</p>
<p>Mars and Venus each only provide a single atmosphere model, which can be enabled or disabled with the dialog.</p>
<p>Other celestial bodies may define atmosphere models hard-coded in the driver module or configuration file. These do not appear in the Atmosphere configuration dialog.</p>

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